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foftened with a little fweet milk, the if^ 

 folution of the ftone may be much haften- 

 ed, by inje(5ling fuch as are more ftrongly 

 impregnated with the virtues of the 

 lime. 



With regard to the lithontriptic pow- 

 fers of oifter-lhell and ftone-lime-water, I 

 ihall only fay, that, as in a variety of ex- 

 periments made during the courfe of ten 

 years, I had always obferved the fuperior 

 efficacy of the oifler-lirae-water, I thought 

 it to no purpofe to make a new trial: Any 

 one, w^ho doubts on which fide the truth 

 is, may eafily fatisff himfelf. But, in 

 making the experiment, the calculi fhould 

 either be immerfed in a large quantity of 

 lime-water, or elfe it fhould be renewed 

 upon them every three or four days* 



Art* 



